Whats the worst you've eaten?

**paulie** · 18-12-2006, 07:11

Whats your worst fish eating experience? - taste wise that is, not food poisoning or anything.

Mine is a wrasse - first fish I ever caught a couple of years ago.

Just pure mush and no taste.

I made a soup with the carcass - tasted ok - after adding lots of vegetables, cream and fish stock cubes

(Well it would wouldn't it!)

I went out fishing with a commercial fisherman who used wrasse for pot bait. He reckoned the larger ones are nice to eat when caught in winter and then preserved as the flesh is a lot firmer.

Don't think I'll try them again though.

Paulie

**Jamie Donnelly** · 18-12-2006, 08:00

my very first mullet. not sure if i cooked it long enough, or the fact is came out of a river 4 miles inland, it didnt taste very nice. i will try another if i catch it of the beach or pier.

Jamie

**Cascars** · 18-12-2006, 13:47

Pike, soused in spiced vinegar. It was an old recipe my mum found years ago and had to try. It was disgusting, I'd rather eat tripe, yuk!

**richierobins** · 18-12-2006, 13:50

I like wrasse, but then, I like tripe too.

**Jamie Donnelly** · 18-12-2006, 14:20

how do you cook wrasse??

Jamie

**richierobins** · 18-12-2006, 15:04

Scale them & gut them.

Dip them in flour. Fry in butter or olive oil. Serve with new spuds, mushrooms etc.

Or serve them with a sauce of fresh toatoes, basil, onions and garlic.

Or use them in a fish stew.

Or use them in fishcakes.

**Jamie Donnelly** · 18-12-2006, 15:42

i watch rick stein use them to make fish stew, along with conger, hard back crabs and other stuff.

i dont see why we shouldnt try one...

Jamie

**Rob** · 18-12-2006, 15:55

Wrasse are not the best tasting fish, but I suppose any fish is edible to a certain extent. I hate fish but I have brought home and cooked for the missus:

Pollack
Garfish
Bass
Mackerel
Whiting
Pouting
Flounder
Plaice
Dab
Golden Grey Mullet
Ling
Dogfish
Pike

She has scoffed the lot and enjoyed them so there isn't a lot that I would term as yuck. Next on the hit list is Conger, if she enjoys that then there isn't much left to catch. Anyone for Goby Fishsticks?